When trying to make more eco-conscious lifestyle decisions, it is easy to overlook the choices you make when buying groceries. We all need to eat, after all. When you’re swept up in the chaos of the grocery store, it’s easy to overlook how much plastic waste you’re putting into your cart.
Although plastic packaging is unavoidable for some food items, there are many easy sustainable swaps that will not only help the environment, but your wallet as well.
Read MoreAfter a stay, give it away! That’s the tagline of our new partner, Vacation Donations, whose mission is to reduce waste in vacation rentals. Founder Diane Daniel gives travelers and property managers/owners in her community of Indian Rocks Beach (IRB) resources for conveniently donating items and food when guests check out. She’s also supplying other Pinellas communities (and beyond) handy tips about how to combat vacation rental waste.
Read MoreThis year, use your New Year’s resolution to give back to the environment. These simple ideas won’t eat up a bunch of time or effort, but they’re a great starting point for becoming a better environmental steward in 2021.
Read MoreLearn 5 simple tips for reducing your grocery shopping waste. From choosing sustainable products to refusing packaging, you can enhance your environmental stewardship by shopping intelligently.
Read MoreWhen you think of items breaking down in the environment, you might picture food waste or plant material slowly decomposing into its component parts and providing food for bugs, worms, and bacteria. Plastic in the environment doesn’t react like that. Current scientific research indicates that plastic will never fully decompose; instead, plastic will keep breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces called microplastics.
Read MoreKeep Pinellas Beautiful wants to teach you to recognize littering behaviors, help you understand why litter is dangerous, and empower you to take action against it.
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